Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she was praying that her idea was wrong , that she would find herself looking at someone totally unfamiliar . |
| 2 | That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound . |
| 3 | They were drawing closer to the barrier now and Donna began looking for Julie , praying that her sister was waiting , hardly daring to contemplate what she would do if she was n't . |
| 4 | Noticing that her hands are shaking and knowing that he has noticed she forces herself to act cool , not daring for the moment to analyse her disquiet lest she is incapable of handling the reason . |
| 5 | Donna finally got to her feet and wandered outside , glancing up at the board , noticing that her train was due in about five minutes . |
| 6 | Several women felt too vulnerable or exposed to remain ; another left dramatically , announcing that her anger would destroy the group . |
| 7 | Mrs Lemass made it clear where she stood by using a press conference in London at the launch of the sixth BDA week in October 1987 , for announcing that her committee would be calling on the European Parliament , the European Commission and the Council of Ministers to waive all opposition to the use of sign language and to demand official recognition within the EC . |
| 8 | Jane Cristofani steered Helen towards soft separates instead , explaining that her curvaceous figure should be echoed in the shapes of her clothes . |
| 9 | But now , here was Beryl vigorously maintaining that her father had ‘ worked it all out — planned it move by move ’ . |
| 10 | As the leading opponent of orthodoxy within the RCM , Elaine Blond enjoyed nothing better than proving that her critics were less than perfect . |
| 11 | However , she leaves more cheerfully after a few choice words from one of the boys suggesting that her photograph should be changed because it does n't do her justice . |
| 12 | At the end of the tale , the wife underlines this aspect of the merchant 's lifestyle by suggesting that her spending on clothing serves the same purpose : This understanding provides a fundamentally important gloss to the moot , " must " , of the lines spoken , apparently by a female speaker , very early on in the Shipman 's Tale : Both the merchant and the monk in the tale operate by borrowing money on credit in order to make profitable purchases . |
| 13 | Seeing that her employer 's eyes were once again drooping heavily , she got up from the bed . |
| 14 | And no sooner was he inside when he heard Mrs Brown singing that her true love had sent four calling birds three french hens two turtle doves not to mention another partridge in a pear tree . |
| 15 | The queen-dowager had her own reasons for wishing to keep her daughter-in-law close at hand — whilst accepting that her remaining in sanctuary in the circumstances was out of the question . |
| 16 | She threatened not to turn up and only agreed after demanding that her mother Susan Barrantes and sister Jane Makim should be allowed to join her . |
| 17 | The car spent the afternoon in a car park nowhere near her office , and she arrived home reflecting that her weekend in Oxford had been an expensive one . |
| 18 | She then said she had somehow ‘ known ’ it would happen , that all her fears had been justified — instead of realising that her terror had pulled it into her life . |
| 19 | She broke off , suddenly realising that her words might be taken the wrong way . |
| 20 | Robbie 's voice faltered into silence , and she held her breath , realising that her wretched curiosity had run away with her again . |
| 21 | Leith mentally shook herself to join in the conversation , realising that her mother had been speaking of the wonderful opportunities there were for world-wide travelling these days . |
| 22 | Realising that her crossness with Vendelin Gajdusek had been short-lived and had quickly faded , Fabia was left to worry about Cara , and Barney , and the interview which by rights should now be over , but which had n't begun yet . |
| 23 | Her arguments were ridiculed by Tobias Smollett [ q.v. ] ( a former pupil of Smellie 's ) in an essay in the Critical Review ( 1760 ) , which nevertheless paid her the compliment of insinuating that her husband must have written the book . |
| 24 | Years of pretending that her love had turned to hate . |
| 25 | Jailed for believing that her country should be run differently . |
| 26 | As a result of the way in which the husband carried out this function the wife executed the documents believing that her liability would be limited to £60,000 . |
| 27 | Bernard soon took against the idea and Laura fought doggedly to keep them , believing that her loyal customers were entitled to receive the benefits from any advantage like this . |
| 28 | And it is especially fitting that her statue should stand so close to the parade ring , the scene of such joyous pandemonium at Cheltenham after she had completed her unique double in March 1986 . |
| 29 | But not all women want change ; at one performance , a woman stopped the show by shouting that her husband would claim half her savings if the law were altered . |
| 30 | She knew she was violating Wakelate 's code of practice in the worst possible way , but absolved herself by remembering that her need was great . |